Grey and Lauren...
Shellie, Michelle, Melissa & Margaret...
Lynn and David...
Justin practicing his jumps and turns at the Cast Party...Sunday, October 11, 2009
Dances Fall Behind the Scenes and Cast Party
Grey and Lauren...
Shellie, Michelle, Melissa & Margaret...
Lynn and David... Justin practicing his jumps and turns at the Cast Party...
Friday, October 9, 2009
Dances Fall this Weekend
Friday and Saturday (7:30) and Sunday (2:30).
LIVE music by Abram & Sarah 30 minutes before curtain.
Performance by guest artist David Appel Fri. and Sun.
Visual art by Anna Alford Nelson.
CDF Studio Theatre
1715 27th Court South, Birmingham
buy Tickets, $10, HERE
Photos by Bobbie Aldridge:
LIVE music by Abram & Sarah 30 minutes before curtain.
Performance by guest artist David Appel Fri. and Sun.
Visual art by Anna Alford Nelson.
CDF Studio Theatre
1715 27th Court South, Birmingham
buy Tickets, $10, HERE
Photos by Bobbie Aldridge:
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Art at Dances Fall
Sanspointe is excited to feature the art of Anna Alford Nelson at Dances Fall. Anna's pieces will be on display and for sale at all three performances.
I met Anna a few years ago when she moved to Birmingham from New Orleans. She was working for Skirt Magazine (and had some of the best skirts I have ever seen). I had no idea that she was an artist, too. One day I complimented her fantastic colorful pumps that she informed me she had painted! I was impressed! I invited Anna to share more of her work at our show.
She calls her artisitic expression "Free-Fly." Anna applies non-traditionalism to her design on anything from canvas to shoes and purses often inspired by quotes and music.
Here's a sampling of some Anna originals:
I met Anna a few years ago when she moved to Birmingham from New Orleans. She was working for Skirt Magazine (and had some of the best skirts I have ever seen). I had no idea that she was an artist, too. One day I complimented her fantastic colorful pumps that she informed me she had painted! I was impressed! I invited Anna to share more of her work at our show.
She calls her artisitic expression "Free-Fly." Anna applies non-traditionalism to her design on anything from canvas to shoes and purses often inspired by quotes and music.
Here's a sampling of some Anna originals:
Friday, September 25, 2009
Dances Fall features guest artist David Appel
Dance artist David Appel will soon be back in Birmingham for his first visit since 1989 to share his work with the community.
Mary Foshee introduced the company to David this past summer, and we immediately began planning his trip down South.
David will perform his work "Scattered Songs (everyday is redbluegreen)" in Dances Fall on Friday evening (Oct. 9) and Sunday afternoon (Oct. 11).
David is active primarily as a solo artist, doggedly seeking to uncover what might be revealed through more intimate and detailed dancing, and how this can function as either a metaphor for and/or a means of directly addressing aspects of our daily lives. What he does arises from (and asks) recurring questions about the options at our disposal, and how we make choices from them. His performances—often blending improvised and set material in intricate and unusual fashion—invariably celebrate the body’s innate and quirky musicality, an ever more subtle yet expansive quality of articulation, and a movement language that is paradoxically singular and familiar, idiosyncratic yet somehow connects.
In addition, David is teaching a class on Saturday afternoon open to the community. Join Sanspointe artists and others in his class 2-4pm Saturday, Oct. 10th at Children's Dance Foundation. Then, join us for us for the Saturday evening program of Dances Fall as well, featuring the duet by Universtiy of Alabama faculty Sarah Barry and Alison Hetzel.
The Class: "Inhabiting a Moving Universe"
Let’s start by envisioning dancing as an act of acute engagement—moving comfortably and decisively, solo and with others. Using a primarily improvisational lens, we will explore: articulating specific movement choices while maintaining a fluid capacity for change; some of the many possibilities that can arise by focusing on weight flow, breath, and subtle neuro-muscular activity; and drawing upon the linkage between our internal world and our external environment, as reciprocal sources and mutual support structures. Embracing confusion and clarity, encountering the simple and the not-so-simple, we can hone our ability to wield both active and receptive powers of attention. In the end, it’s about finding greater substance, inviting nuance, and gathering presence—however you choose to move.
David is a choreographer, performer.and teacher. His work has been presented to acclaim throughout North America, Europe, and in Mexico since 1973. David has also performed with Simone Forti, City Dance Theater of Boston (a company touring innovative pieces during the early 1970s), several dance/music collaborative groups, and with many other individual artists in a variety of media. He has received a number of grants and awards for his choreography, including three Choreographers’ Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, and has been invited to festivals in both the U.S. and abroad.
Photos of David by Mark Von Holden
Mary Foshee introduced the company to David this past summer, and we immediately began planning his trip down South.
David will perform his work "Scattered Songs (everyday is redbluegreen)" in Dances Fall on Friday evening (Oct. 9) and Sunday afternoon (Oct. 11).
David is active primarily as a solo artist, doggedly seeking to uncover what might be revealed through more intimate and detailed dancing, and how this can function as either a metaphor for and/or a means of directly addressing aspects of our daily lives. What he does arises from (and asks) recurring questions about the options at our disposal, and how we make choices from them. His performances—often blending improvised and set material in intricate and unusual fashion—invariably celebrate the body’s innate and quirky musicality, an ever more subtle yet expansive quality of articulation, and a movement language that is paradoxically singular and familiar, idiosyncratic yet somehow connects.
In addition, David is teaching a class on Saturday afternoon open to the community. Join Sanspointe artists and others in his class 2-4pm Saturday, Oct. 10th at Children's Dance Foundation. Then, join us for us for the Saturday evening program of Dances Fall as well, featuring the duet by Universtiy of Alabama faculty Sarah Barry and Alison Hetzel.
The Class: "Inhabiting a Moving Universe"
Let’s start by envisioning dancing as an act of acute engagement—moving comfortably and decisively, solo and with others. Using a primarily improvisational lens, we will explore: articulating specific movement choices while maintaining a fluid capacity for change; some of the many possibilities that can arise by focusing on weight flow, breath, and subtle neuro-muscular activity; and drawing upon the linkage between our internal world and our external environment, as reciprocal sources and mutual support structures. Embracing confusion and clarity, encountering the simple and the not-so-simple, we can hone our ability to wield both active and receptive powers of attention. In the end, it’s about finding greater substance, inviting nuance, and gathering presence—however you choose to move.
David is a choreographer, performer.and teacher. His work has been presented to acclaim throughout North America, Europe, and in Mexico since 1973. David has also performed with Simone Forti, City Dance Theater of Boston (a company touring innovative pieces during the early 1970s), several dance/music collaborative groups, and with many other individual artists in a variety of media. He has received a number of grants and awards for his choreography, including three Choreographers’ Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, and has been invited to festivals in both the U.S. and abroad.
Photos of David by Mark Von Holden
Monday, September 14, 2009
Dances Fall line up
featuring new and favorite works...
(photos below by Bobbie Aldridge and Jim Willet)
New Works:
"A Very Dry Spell"
choreographed by Lynn Bowman
"so you want me always to paint flowers..."
conceived and performed by Sarah Barry and Allison Hetzel (Saturday evening)
"This Place"
choreographed and performed by Rhea Speights with live music written and performed by Kayde and Karoline Parker of Abram and Sarah
"Scattered Songs"
choreographed and performed by guest artist David Appel (Friday and Sunday)
Favorites:
"Burden of Choice" to music by Mogwai
choreographed by Shellie Chambers
"It's Only Paper"
choreographed by Rhea Speights
"Trick or Treat Me Like a Fool" to a Soundscore including excerpts from Jacques Offenbach, Dirty Three, Mabel John, Igor Stravinsky, Alexander Borodin and Romanian and Polish Folk Music.
choreographed by Rhea Speights
(photos below by Bobbie Aldridge and Jim Willet)
New Works:
"A Very Dry Spell"
choreographed by Lynn Bowman
"so you want me always to paint flowers..."
conceived and performed by Sarah Barry and Allison Hetzel (Saturday evening)
"This Place"
choreographed and performed by Rhea Speights with live music written and performed by Kayde and Karoline Parker of Abram and Sarah
"Scattered Songs"
choreographed and performed by guest artist David Appel (Friday and Sunday)
Favorites:
"Burden of Choice" to music by Mogwai
choreographed by Shellie Chambers
"It's Only Paper"choreographed by Rhea Speights
Featuring the following poems by Pablo Neruda...
"Poetry," "If You Forget Me," "Ode to the Sea," "I Like to Be Still" and "Integrations"
"Trick or Treat Me Like a Fool" to a Soundscore including excerpts from Jacques Offenbach, Dirty Three, Mabel John, Igor Stravinsky, Alexander Borodin and Romanian and Polish Folk Music.
choreographed by Rhea Speights
Thursday, September 10, 2009
2009 ARTWALK
This weekend, get over to the 8th Annual ARTWALK.
Friday, September 11th: 5-10pm
Saturday, September 12th: Noon-6pm
Saturday, September 12th: Noon-6pm
Downtown Birmingham
MORRIS, 1st & 2nd AVENUES NORTH between 22nd & 25th STREETS
MORRIS, 1st & 2nd AVENUES NORTH between 22nd & 25th STREETS
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